Art Acquisitions

ART ACQUISITION
Zhi Lin
(b. 1959)
Drawing and Quartering, from the series Five Capital Punishments in China, 2003
Chinese, Modern period, 1912–present
Hanging scroll mounted as a thangka; charcoal on canvas, screenprinting on ribbons
Image 269.2 × 188.0 cm, with mount 365.8 × 213.4 cm
Acquired in 2005; Princeton University Art Museum, museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund, with gifts from the P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art, Alisan Fine Arts, Ltd., Alice King Gallery, and Thaw Charitable Trust, 2005-131